Using the Knives

This section contains very short video clips showing the knives in use.
No software is needed to run them. They are ready to go. Just click on the video you want
and wait for it to download, just like a picture.
Each video is about 5 seconds long, and automatically replays until you stop it.

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These first video clips below show the bent knives being used to hollowing out
the inside jaws of the mask pictured above. Click on the pictures below to see the vidoes.

About the Knives

Galleries

Tip Bent Knife is used to aggressively carve out the inside of the upper inside jaw. (1.2 MB)

Deep Bent Knife is used to smooth and remove tool marks from carving with Tip Bent Knife in video to the left. (.8 MB)

The picture to the right is showing where the grain changes direction
on the inside of the lower jaw, because of the convexly curved wood.
This video shows the Tip Bent Knife carving first one direction and then the other, to avoid tearing out in that area. (1.2 MB)

Deep Bent Knife is used to smooth and remove tool marks left from carving with the Tip Bent Knife in video to the left. (.8 MB)

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Red Cedar Plaque, 4 feet by 3 feet

Detail of plaque, head area

The video clips below show the mini General Bent Knife carving on the piece above.
All of the carving was done in the head area (the detail picture on the right, above). Click on the pictures below to see the vidoes.

A few texturing cuts (.6 MB)

A few shaving cuts, cleaning up a recess (.5 MB)

Using finger of free hand as a stop to guide knife (1 MB)

A single cut starting against the grain, then going with the grain (1.3 MB)

Straight knife used to make stopping cut, then bent knife to remove chips (.9 MB)

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Chair Seat, dry Fir

The first video clip below shows the Micro Round Scorp (3/16" ID) carving on the plaque in the previous section.
The last two clips show the larger scorps carving out the recess on the chair seat above. Click on the pictures below to see the vidoes.